Politically active nonprofits would be required to disclose their donors under a bill that passed handily out of a House committee Wednesday.
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House Approves Continuation of Lottery Commission
Despite voting a second time in favor of continuing the Texas Lottery Commission on Wednesday, the majority of House members made clear that they would like to study how to wind down the agency.
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Agenda Texas: Defending the “Texas Miracle”
On the latest Agenda Texas, from KUT News and the Tribune: Erica Grieder, author of the new book Big, Hot, Cheap, and Right: What America Can Learn from the Strange Genius of Texas, on why she’s defending the “Texas miracle.”
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Bidness As Usual
Campaign Finance Loophole Targeted
Politically active nonprofits, which are playing an increasingly important role in state elections, would no longer be able to hide the identity of their major donors under a bill making its way through the Texas Legislature.
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Critics See Holes in Bill’s Border Security Strategy
Some Texas lawmakers and stakeholders are taking issue with aspects of the federal immigration reform bill filed last week, with some questioning why the measure was crafted without mechanisms to avoid a future inflow of illegal migration.
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Will Perry Stay or Go?
Gov. Rick Perry, in office since December 2000, won’t say until June whether he wants to run for another term in 2014. Almost everybody in Texas politics is waiting as if their futures depend on it.
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Agenda Texas: The Twitter Lobby
On the latest Agenda Texas, from KUT News and the Tribune: Plenty of lobbyists are running around the Capitol during the legislative session, but as we enter the digital age, more of the lobbying is taking place on social media.
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The Polling Center: A Seat for the Tea Party
Sentiment for the Tea Party remains strong within the GOP, but what started as an insurgent group is becoming just another — albeit important — part of the Republican Party in Texas.
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TribLive: Garza on Latinos and the GOP
At Thursday’s TribLive conversation, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Tony Garza talked about the efforts of Republicans — nationally and in Texas — to attract Latino voters.
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Polling Center: Education Wasn’t a Silver Bullet for Democrats
A couple of Democrats won election in 2012 talking about education, but that doesn’t mean the issue was a silver bullet for the minority party. Lots of others talked about it and lost, and the two who won were victorious in districts favorable to them.